I don't think there are any perfect people and if there were such a thing I would like to think that they would be able to find something better to do with their lives than run for office. That being said we should be able to expect certain things from conservatives, like them not cheating on their wives for example. Not lying to their constiuents and not supporting liberals has to be on that list.
Do you know why these supposed conservatives have no compunctions about stabbing us in the back time after time? It's because they know they know that some people will support them no matter what as long as they mouth certain platitudes. There is nothing more important than actions, and that is the only thing that should earn or lose our votes. Santorum's actions are counter to what he says.
Romney was the last straw for me. I held my nose and voted for him and I still feel dirty for doing so. If the Republican party keeps putting forth RINOs they can do it without my financial support, without my efforts and without my vote.
I do agree. My wife and I have told every Repub caller asking for money that we are not giving to the party anymore - to individuals, but not the party. In the last election we didn’t seem to have any outstanding candidates. If they were conservative, they seemed to have trouble with their mouth or brain whenever they got in front of a camera. It was most discouraging. The MSM was laser focused at the national level. Perhaps at the state level we would have more of a chance of flying under their radar. I really do like this Jindal approach for many reasons. A focus at the state level is excellent! Grassroots is where it has to be for conservatives - but we still need more states to be totally Republican controlled before we can effectively fight the Fed leviathan. Still, I really believe our problems are more moral than political. There will never be a political answer to our nation’s problems if we remain and unrepentant, stiff necked, God ignoring people. Partnering with churches could be a good thing but only if we have a pure heart about what we are trying to accomplish. Otherwise it could quickly devolve into manipulation and angry disputes. A call to prayer and repentance by conservative leaders would be a good place to start (let the liberals scream). Tax breaks for private and church run schools or partnering with local businesses to help support them already happens and should be encouraged. We have our work cut out for us but grassroots, it seems, is where we must start. The Tea Party was effective in getting some conservatives elected. If perhaps we were more organized in that regard to support conservative candidates in state elections - ones that really had a chance of winning - maybe that would help, as well.
I don’t understand you comment about Santorum being completely responsible for Obamacare. How can that be when he was not even in the Senate nor on the scene during that time. In fact, he was travelling through Iowa at that time.
I feel tainted too Durus. Came around to voting for Mittens after much agonizing soul searching. The comments here on FR were ridiculously accusatory of those of us holdouts.
“A vote for anyone besides Romney is a vote for Obama”.
Yeah right.
The GOP has lost my money and my support. They think that they can use and abuse conservatives by gleaning what they need from us...and then casually throwing us under the bus, all in the name of party “unity”.
I’m done with them until they divorce themselves from Rino-ism and good ol’ boy Establishmentarian-ism...and prove it by their actions.